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J. FORSTER.

FLOWER POT. APPL|CATION FILED MAR. 14. 1917.

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than e'rnrne JOSEPH FOlRrSTER, F ?ATCHOGUE,.NEW YORK.

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' Specification of Letters Patent. "Patented Sept. 3%, 1919?,

Application filed March 14, 1917. Serial 2E0. 154,755.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnrH Fons'rnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Patchogue, in the county of Suffolk, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flower-Pots; and l such as will" enable others'skilled in the are do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

lar nature in'view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, set forth in and falling within thescope of the appended claim.

In the drawing: Figure l is a side elevation of a flower pot constructed in accordance with the invention.

ig, 2 is a vertical section therethrough;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the improved flower pot is preferably constructed of the usual terracotta, and consists'of a body member 5 in the form of a receptacle of truncated cone shape as-is common to flower ots of conventional type. The body mem er or receptacle 5 is adapted to containthe earth and plant, and has surrounding the upper portion of'its wall and spaced therefrom, a second wall 6 resulting in a reservoir 7 adapted to receive and contain a supply of water. The outer wall 6 is preferably of such proportion as to extend from a planecoincident with the upper rim of the receptacle '5, downwardly for a distance ap-l proximately equal to half the height of said member, and joined theretoin any suitable manner, although it is, of course, understoodthat I do not wish to be limited in this particular. 7

In order to afiord'the earth and plant a gradual and continuous supply of water, the upper wall portion or" the receptacle 5, or

more specifically that portion surrounded bythe wall 6 is provided with a plurality of minute perforations 8. These perforations 8serve to establish'communication between the receptacle 5 and reservoir 7, andpermit of a gradual seepage of water into the former in a quantity to approximately balance its removal from the earth by evaporation and plant demand, the plant being in this manner properly sustained.

' By this arrangement it is possible to provide a flower pot which need be refilled only at-infrequent intervals, the reservoir 7 containing a supply or water suficient for a relatively long period without replenishing.

There is furtherprovided for the pot, a removahletopil in the form of two semicircular concaved sections 10, provided adjacent the arcuate edges with depending flanges 11 engaging the inner face of the wall 6 to retain the sections in applied position. The straight or contacting edges of p the top are provided with registering semicircular recesses producing an opening 12 through which the stem of the plant projects. The reason for halving the top is to permit of its removal without disturbing the plant, when it is desired to fill the reser- V011 It will he noted that the cover extends inwardly over and beyond the upper edge of the body of the pot and in spaced relation thereto, the under face of the cover slanting upwardly toward the central open- 111g. Moisture rising from the earth in the pot, will collect and be condensed against the under surface of the cover, along which it will pass and from the flange of WlllCh it will drip into the reservoir for return to the pot. r A What} claim i's: r

The eombinationwith a flower pot having the upper part of its wall perforated an having a reservoir spaced from, 0011661113110 to and the perforated portion in spaced relation to the upper edge of the of the Walhof a cover removably disposed and direct to the reservoir, moisture that 10 upon the 'upper edge of the reservoir and may arise from the earth within the pot. having a drip flange lying against'the inner In testimony whereof, I. affix my sigmasurface of the reservoir wall, the cover ex-- ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

5 {tending inwardly and upwardly beyond and JOSEPH FORSTER wa11 of the pot and termmating short of Witnesses: andnear to the continuation of'the axis of JAMES M. JACKSON, the pot, whereby to collect and condense HERBERT R. (3001:. 

